As long as we don't get angry and start tearing each other down, then the discussion is good and healthy. But sometimes things can get more fired up than what is safe. More heat than light, I think I saw someone say earlier.
onfire247 Thank You, sincerely, for taking the time to share this. I know that many online arguments between two people never produce the fruit we intend it to (to convince the other person we're talking to of the validity of our points), however, there is a lot of fruit that can be gained by those watching the conversation from the sidelines, who may have questions related to the subject but not enough knowledge to ask or research or dive in.
My father is KJV only. We've had friends that are/were KJV only and it's sad to see how they let that one issue break fellowship with friends and family. Sometimes out of sincere belief, and other times out of a desire to be part of the "know it all" club that has special information that others don't. It's sad...
@Jappel, I did not see anything in onfire247's response that would lead to thinking that they believed in the "lost gospels".
The NASB is an excellent translation, for the study of scripture, but not necessarily the easiest for memorization. :D
I went back and forth on ESV or CSB for a while, and really messed up my memorization here because I couldn't decide lol. In the end, while there are many passages that are easier to understand and memorize in CSB, the ESV is used in my church and is a little more on the word-for-word translation scale, so I went with that. And deleted my CSB verses from my history... which ruined my streak :D
I'll just add one comment... If you are worried that we should not be reading and memorizing a "corrupted" version of scripture, then the only version of scripture that you should be reading and memorizing from is the original language.
That's the only perfect one. All other translations are flawed in some form or another. Luckily those flaws are infinitesimal and do not change the meaning of any major or core doctrine of Christianity.
We may or may not disagree there, but as long as you don't say "it is the only valid translation" then we can still have a good time of fellowship together. It's the KJV only individuals that, at least in my experience, tend to really cut out those who read other translations.
I was trying hard to not go learn a bunch of extra verses just to get the points when I was so close. So I just continued my normal routine and watched it increase. I was only ~800 points away when I finished my "just got to work" session, so I had to wait until my lunchtime session to cross the threshold.
I was trying hard to not go learn a bunch of extra verses just to get the points when I was so close. So I just continued my normal routine and watched it increase. I was only ~800 points away when I finished my "just got to work" session, so I had to wait until my lunchtime session to cross the threshold.